nomenklatura
IPA: noʊmɛŋkɫʌtʃˈʊrʌ
noun
- (now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union (or other communist countries), filled by those appointed by the Party.
- (collective) The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite.
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Examples of "nomenklatura" in Sentences
- The nomenklatura system arose early in Soviet history.
- Later, that Party elite came to be known as the nomenklatura.
- Coextensive with the nomenklatura were patron client relations.
- I am just saying that oligarchs were not members of nomenklatura.
- It was called the nomenklatura system of the state and economy management.
- Nomenklatura enjoyed many perquisites denied to the average Soviet citizen.
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